Team USA basketball ... 1980 Moscow Olympics following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. 1976, Montreal: U.S. (95–74 win over Yugoslavia); Soviet Union bronze 1972, Munich ...

Since basketball was introduced in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the USA’s first-ever loss was in the 1972 Germany Olympics ... to Soviet Union 51-50 in the final.Their second loss came at the ...

In the 1972 Olympic basketball gold ... The injury and resulting surgery hampered his final two seasons at UTEP and his two attempts at pro basketball with the Chicago Bulls.

With the 2024 Summer Olympics beginning Friday, we look back at one of the most controversial moments in sports history: the 1972 basketball game between the United States and Russia.

Men's 5x5 basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be the 21st medal-contested ... They lost the gold medal game in 1972 to the Soviet Union, amid some controversy. Since Argentina's shock ...